VCS involvement opportunities with the Criminal Justice System

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• VCS involvement opportunities with the Criminal
  Justice System

VCS Presentation 14th October 2009 By Andy Stone,
GCJB Programme Manager
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Who are we?
Gloucestershire Constabulary
Youth Offending Service
GCJB
Crown Prosecution Service
Legal Services Commission
HMP Gloucester
Gloucestershire Probation Area
Clerk to the Justices
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Community Strategy Executive Board
National Criminal Justice Board
Gloucester Criminal Justice Board
GSSCP
CYPSP
Effectiveness Efficiency
Reducing Reoffending
Engagement Communications
DA SV Strategic Board
GSSCP Performance Group
LSB
SDVC Programme
YJB
Victim Witness
DYO
Stronger Safer Delivery Groups Sub Groups
DASV WG
Multi-Agency Working Groups CI Trials,
GCJB Partnership Interaction
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Strategic Drivers-
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2009/10 Priorities

• To effectively efficiently bring offences to
  justice using simple and efficient processes
• To have successful interaction with local
  authorities and other partners
• To put the needs of victims and witnesses at its
  heart
• To ensure the public are confident engaged

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Community Engagement
Key outcomes Greater public knowledge/understand
ing of the criminal justice service It
addresses, and is seen to address issues of local
concern Greater public opportunity to
participate in the criminal justice system
Criminal Justice Boards work effectively with
appropriate local partnerships
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How it works.
VCS
Judiciary
SCTs
CDRPs
Probation
NOMS
YOS
Work with communities to identify local tasks for
community payback
Feed information on local priorities and local
tasks to local courts
Offenders given Community Orders with reparative
elements for local projects
Outcomes results fed back to communities and
agencies
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Local Policies..
Key recommendations focus on early intervention,
better information sharing and ensuring a more
joined-up approach between criminal justice and
community based agencies.
review of people with mental health problems or
learning disabilities in the criminal justice
system
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Report Highlights

• New CJ Mental Health Teams, linked to Community
  Mental Health Teams, to ensure health information
  follows individuals through the criminal justice
  system.
• Commissioning/budget responsibility of police
  custody healthcare services should move to the
  NHS at the earliest opportunity.
• Regional partnerships ensure improved consistency
  between local structures, National Programme
  Board an Advisory Group ensuring consistent
  national implementation.
• Improved mental health and learning disability
  awareness training at every stage of the criminal
  justice system.

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Further information-
Andy Stone 01452-752544 / Andy.stone_at_gloucesteshi
re.pnn.police.uk The national CJS website -
http//cjsonline.gov.uk. The GCJB website-
http//lcjb.cjsonline.gov.uk/Gloucestershire/home.
html